Michèle Burnier | Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law

Michèle Burnier

Partner
Attorney at law

Cours de Rive 13
1204 Geneva
Switzerland
T +41 22 999 96 00
michele.burnier@pestalozzilaw.com

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Michèle provides useful and pragmatic recommendations and tries to keep the costs under control.

Chambers & Partners, 2024

Michèle Burnier is a partner of Pestalozzi’s IP&TMT group in Geneva. Her fields of expertise include intellectual property, including geographical indications, TRIPS Agreement, unfair competition, data protection, advertising and e-commerce law, IT and telecommunication as well as administrative and contract law. She regularly represents clients before Swiss civil, or criminal courts in relation to her IP&TMT practice.

Career

2017
  • Partner at Pestalozzi
2015
  • Senior Associate at Pestalozzi
2004
  • Senior Associate at a Swiss law firm in Geneva
  • Swiss Delegate to the European Commission, DG Mark
1998
  • Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property: legal counsel
1995
  • Swiss Consumer Organization: legal counsel
  • Bar Admission: Switzerland
1993
  • Junior associate at a Swiss law firm
1990
  • Organisation of the Swiss Abroad (OSA): legal counsel
  • University of Lausanne: Lic.iur

Languages

French, German, English, Italian

Membership

  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
  • Geneva Bar Association (ODA)
  • Association romande de la propriété intellectuelle (AROPI)
  • International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
  • International Trademark Association (INTA)
  • Licensing Executives Society Schweiz (LES-CH)
  • International Ligue of Competition Law (LIDC)
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